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Profession Number Registered as of April 1, 2013
Acupuncture 3,846
Architecture 16,536
Athletic Trainer 1,723
Audiology 1,379
Certified Dental Assistant 1,221
Certified Public Accountant 53,497
Certified Shorthand Reporting 249
Chiropractic 5,364
Certified Clinical Lab Technician 2,052
Certified Histological Technician 295
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 14,621
Restricted License 110
Creative Arts Therapist 1,456
Cytotechnologist 666
Dental Hygiene 10,872
3-year limited license 1
Dentistry 18,269
3-year limited license 37
Restricted Dental Faculty 31
Dietetics-Nutrition 5,328
Interior Design 320
Land Surveying 1,523
Landscape Architecture 1,186
Licensed Clinical Social Worker 26,669
Licensed Master Social Worker 27,085
Licensed Practical Nurse 71,688
Marriage & Family Therapist 899
Massage Therapy 17,451
Medical Physics - Diagnostic radiological 151
Medical Physics - Medical health 87
Medical Physics - Medical nuclear 95
Medical Physics - Therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology 385
Medicine 90,218
3-year limited license 798
Mental Health Counselor 4,996
Midwifery 1,076
Nurse Practitioner 18,453
Occupational Therapy 11,511
Occupational Therapy Assistant 4,047
Ophthalmic Dispensing 3,961
Optometry 3,237
Pharmacy 24,431
3-year limited license 1
Physical Therapist Assistant 5,594
Physical Therapy 21,231
Podiatry 2,462
Polysomnographic Technologist 26
Professional Engineering 26,961
Psychoanalyst 792
Psychology 12,844
Public Accountant 94
Registered Professional Nurse 282,543
Registered Physician Assistant 12,019
Registered Specialist Assistant 98
Respiratory Therapist 5,853
Respiratory Therapy Technician 1,291
Speech-Language Pathology 16,282
Veterinary Medicine 5,938
3-year limited license 39
Veterinary Technology 4,549
3-year limited license 9
Total: 846,446

Notes: All licensees must be currently registered to practice and/or use a professional title within New York State. All Nurse Practitioners must also be currently registered as Registered Professional Nurses.